12/7/12

There are a couple food blogs that I adore simply because of their amazing cake decorating and cookie decorating skills.
I have none of these skills.
I keep meaning to sign up for a class; at least a basic class on "how to decorate a darn cake".
Ever notice you hardly ever see any "frosted" cakes or "decorated" cookies on my blog?
Yeah, there's a reason for that.

my energy has been low lately; this happens to me every winter when the sun is non-existent here in new england. I started using these B Caps from Twinlab for about a week now and have noticed a good increase in my energy levels.
I LOVE these! Found at Target.Dove peppermint bark is good, not that minty though.
Everyone had these white chocolate peppermint M&M's, and of course I wanted them. Hard to find here on cape cod, but Target had them.
They are tasty, and of course go perfect in sugar cookies.
Seriously! Do I even need to comment on these? Delish!
I love Trader Joe's. Don't you? Best new products, like every week!
These are ok, not ginger-y enough.
Didn't try these, who has?
Heavenly minty air.
A multi pack of Joe Joe's.
Kind of waxy. Might be good in a crust for an ice cream cake though.
Have yet to try these.
Very good!
Oh my goodness, these were insanely good! Ate them all in one day.
whipping cream from a box. afraid to try this one. have you?
Anyone tried these?
this was ok, far cheaper than any other brands.

17 comments:

I just got the Dark Chocolate Triple Ginger Cookies today and tried one. They're pretty good, but I'm not blown away by them. I feel like the chocolate and the cookie don't complement each other as well as they could and I thought they were a tiny bit hard (they might have just been cold though). It's probably better to buy the tub of triple ginger snaps and dip them in chocolate at your own discretion.

Girl I am soooo glad I'm out of the country and not by a TJs. In San Diego I live like 1 mile from one! Right before I left for this trip, I went thru there to pick up a 72% choc bar to bring down here with me and saw all these seasonal products and it was torture not buying them - I wanted all of them! The caramellows and minty marshmallows especially!

Love the Trader Joe's photo tour :) Do you use your phone camera to snap pictures in the store? I always feel like people are looking at me when I take a photo of a package in a store...I can hear security on the intercom...'photo taker, aisle 5'!I have tried the boxed whipping cream, and it tasted just fine, for the price (I think under $1.50) it's a good thing to have in your pantry. It is thick coming out of the package, but with a quick whisk it's ready to go. Next trip I'm looking for those baked Alaskas, they look delicious! Thanks for the idea!

The problem with cookies and cakes that look so beautiful is that I don't want to destroy them by eating them. But I really appreciate the effort and creativity that goes into them. I want to eat everything that you featured here (except the vitamins, of course.) ;)

Ditto on the comment above about the TJs gingerbread men that have white chocolate on the back. They come in a box. They are fabulous. You get a little spicy afterglow after eating them. And I think they have tiny crystallized ginger bits in them.

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